Doctor Svord

not mine

 

I love that map.

 

I think it would be fun to collect maps associated with different fictional characters.

 

This Little Orphan Annie map of Simmons Corners is one of the few I own.

 

 

 

I love both of these maps... and although I'm a sci fi guy, the rendering on the Annie map is just a beautiful piece of illustration work. Really great colors on that one.

Without a doubt.

The burst pattern at the center of the Buck Rogers map is a mind-numbingly insane amount of work just to achieve an effect.

There's always some thing jaw-dropping in this thread. Dang.

#23

 

 

Major Hoople Comics #1

 

Thanks again for hosting another quiz BZ. They're a lot of fun.

 

 

:hail: My first guess on that one was Real Life Comics. At least I had the right publisher

Why is that not surprising? Dang dude.

My first guesses were Tell it to the Marines and U.S. Marines in Action. It was a weird luck deal. I was actually looking at Major Hoople to try to find the cartoon flower cover.

#23

 

Major Hoople Comics #1

Thanks again for hosting another quiz BZ. They're a lot of fun.

Here is a new group of mystery comics for you to ponder.

 

#14

 

Kewpies #1

#17

 

Leading Comics #1

#18

 

Leave it to Binky #1

#12

 

 

 

Katy Keene 1?

GCD's scan is a bit fuzzy.

 

You can do alot worse than Smash without trying too hard. It's my favorite title by far.

From 1-85 there's always something worth reading, but Cole did seem to be

having lots of fun when he came back to Midnight for these later stories.

 

Yeah man. (thumbs u

 

It's easy to see why it's your favorite title. There's just so much great stuff to be found in those books... Eisner's Espionage , Gustavson's The Jester, Jim Mooney's (Jim Mooney?!) Wildfire, Nordling's Lady Luck, and arguably the greatest superhero art ever produced in Fine/Crandall/Fine's The Ray.

 

Cole's early run on Midnight is really interesting. It has to be a transitional work. It looks like he's trying to figure out how to balance the realistic with the cartoony. He hasn't quite divorced himself from the foundation yet (Realism) so the work has an odd feel. But when he comes back to Midnight later in the title he's got it dialed in and he's firing on all cylinders. It's brilliant stuff.

 

You guys are right on the money. Many of these "lesser" titles get overlooked, and happily, that makes them more affordable for us bottom feeding geeks. The interiors on quite a few GA second and third tier titles are simply fantastic.

Without a doubt. (thumbs u

That reminds me... I need to finish off my low grade reader run of Sam Hill Private Eye

by Harry Lucey. That's another favorite.

Jack Cole's Midnight run from Smash Comics ( nos. 68-85) is, by far, one of my all-time favorites. (Thanks HP.)

 

Smash Comics 77

 

That's a fantastic Cole page. (thumbs u

 

It's a shame that DC never published a one volume Midnight collection after finishing the complete run of 'The Spirit' in Archive format.

That would be a great companion piece to The Spirit. I'd buy it in a heartbeat. It would be nice to have some complete Quality Comics Archives too.

link to a blog post (not mine) with something that should be on interest to cole freaks:

 

http://hairygreeneyeball2.blogspot.com/2011/01/freelancer.html

 

Thanks for posting this honky cat. Great article.

 

You can do alot worse than Smash without trying too hard. It's my favorite title by far.

From 1-85 there's always something worth reading, but Cole did seem to be

having lots of fun when he came back to Midnight for these later stories.

Yeah man. (thumbs u

It's easy to see why it's your favorite title. There's just so much great stuff to be found in those books... Eisner's Espionage , Gustavson's The Jester, Jim Mooney's (Jim Mooney?!) Wildfire, Nordling's Lady Luck, and arguably the greatest superhero art ever produced in Fine/Crandall/Fine's The Ray.

Cole's early run on Midnight is really interesting. It has to be a transitional work. It looks like he's trying to figure out how to balance the realistic with the cartoony. He hasn't quite divorced himself from the foundation yet (Realism) so the work has an odd feel. But when he comes back to Midnight later in the title he's got it dialed in and he's firing on all cylinders. It's brilliant stuff.

Stymied?

 

Here are additional clues for each of the unidentified covers.

 

 

#2

 

 

 

Hickory 1

#5

 

 

 

Ibis the Invincible 1

 

Hurrah! I'm finally on the board in one of BZ's quizzes.

Thanks for doing this BZ.

#5

 

Ibis the Invincible 1

Jack Cole's Midnight run from Smash Comics ( nos. 68-85) is, by far, one of my all-time favorites. (Thanks HP.)

Smash Comics 77

Smash Comics 78

Nice books PointFive.

Startling Comics 50, the cover that made me love Schomburg's work. That was my desktop for well over a year. Staring at it day in, day out...

There's a beautiful volume to her upper body. It has weight. She's alive. And the green earth, if it's blue it doesn't work. It's a great cover.

Posted these in another thread awhile back but they seem relevant here so..

 

 

 

 

 

 

The more I see of Werner Roth's work, the more I enjoy it. It's really too bad he got shoe-horned into the Marvel house style of the 60's. His pre-code work is lush.

Thanks for sharing all of these splashes.

 

Here's page 2 for your viewing enjoyment...

 

 

Nice one Mrs. van R! (thumbs u

( <- Paul Harvey)

I am not a Baker collector but I've been keeping an eye out for this one for a while as it is one of, if not my favorite Baker Romance cover. I don't need high-grade. Glad to see the interiors are nice as well

 

Nice pick-up Scrooge.

Any splashes to share?

From what little I've seen, Baker's Teen-Age Romances interiors appear to be far superior to the rest of his St.John's work. (They're richer, more complete drawings. A Flagship title of the company gets the best work deal?)

Thanks for the suggestion! I will check it out.

 

Yea my hands suck. I really need to put in the time to get better at them.

Nah man, everyone's hands suck. It's a tough structure to consistently portray realistically unless you're drawing from life or tracing a photograph.

Great stuff. Keep bringin' the drawings man.

Just finished another drawing. I tried to play around with a extreme foreshortened perspective. Let me know what you all think! And thank you all for your advice and comments. (thumbs u

 

 

Very nice.

The thumb's a bit wonky, but you'll have that. (Having drawn a few wonky thumbs in my time, that's just how it goes. It's an odd structure compared to the rest of the hand.)

If you haven't seen it already, you might want to check out this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Artist-Jeno-Barcsay/dp/1586631748/ref=sr_1_1/175-1672862-5533949?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282518652&sr=8-1

Barcsay's drawings are amazing and he does go into volume and foreshortening. It's a great book.

Future Fiction contained the artwork of lots of artists who are best remembered today for their work in comic books.

 

A quick check of the interior illustrations of the first four issues revealed the work of: Charles Biro, Mort Meskin, Jack Binder, Lin Streeter, Irv Novick, and Frank Paul.

 

I love the cover painting by JW Scott.

 

 

Thanks for these JW Scott paintings BZ and adamstrange.

Based on the three covers posted, it should be a snap to identify Scott's work. He uses pretty much the same composition in all three images. Great stuff.

And is it just me or does that look like Buster Crabbe?

Thanks BZ!

"... uninhabited mountain chains will be uprooted and thrown into space where, as satellites, they will serve as observatories from which giant telescopes will scan the heavens."

I love this stuff.

The Somerville forecast is great; it's a common theme in Sci-Fi, but it makes you wonder if Bradbury read this book.

It's 70 years later and I'm still waiting for that world...

 

 

Tales of Wonder (Summer 1940)

We'll have that world as soon as the guys with big bald heads invade us. Cool book by the way.

(thumbs u

Strangely enough, I think that's supposed to be a chick. Look at the eyes (lashes), the lips, the chest, and the body language.

Very cool book BZ! What were the "Startling Forecasts"?

 

Love this cover!

 

Brown was a talented artist, a bit more understated than Paul or Saunders... which really set his work apart from the others. Very subtle work, really beautiful.

(thumbs u

RyanH - Congratulations on the show! Hope the opening went well. Sorry.. flaked out and didn't post in the other thread.

BZ - Great stuff as always.

It appears that you're not alone in being a fan of Brown's work. I couldn't find a frame grab, but those aliens look one of Alcazar's brides in the Futurama episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two".